Accreditation is a community responsibility. Over the previous summer and throughout the f all semester, the Self-Study Steering Committee has been assembling evidence of institutional compliance with the five criteria, 21 core components, and 130 examples of evidence stipulated by the Higher Learning Commission. In the series of open forums listed below, each Criterion Chair will present her/his analysis of SNC’s strengths and emerging “opportunities for improvement” for community review and critique. This analysis, examples gleaned from department responses to the self-study questions, and open forum feedback will be used to write draft chapters for the self-study narrative during the summer and fall of 2010. Our goal is 100% community participation in the self-study process. Please attend one or more of the open forums to share your comments with the Self-Study Steering Committee.